July 24, 2025

Kimberly Campanello - Bonus Content with memory, flags and music

12 minutes

“She starts having an experience to see her own life as a more shifting sands that isn’t to be fear but in fact to be enjoyed.”

Kimberly Campanello is here to talk about her novel, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE (Somesuch Editions). It’s a sweltering summer in Bretagne, France. K, an American exchange student, is navigating more than just unfamiliar streets. She’s finding a new language. This is bonus content from the previous episode.

In this bonus content, I’ve asked Kimberly to provide me with some objects that Kimberly associated with writing the book, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE. It’s an interesting and new way to think about influence, and a way to understand both the book and the writer a bit more.

We talk about a flag, a musician, Alan Stivell, and something called a ‘Fest Noz’, all of them relating to the culture of Brittany where the novel is set.

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Rippling Points

1.54 - Proust and Memory

04.01 - Objects of influence

06.21 - Fest Noz

07.01 - Alan Stivell

08.29 - The Brittany Flag, the Blanche Ermine

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